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HOLY COW!!!!
Picked it up just for a trial for the week and I'm already in love with it. I was think about the M3 but I love the meter on this. Simple along with simply focusing ability. The man at the store said, that's it, you'll have the bug....
I think he's right.....
I'm am so excited... first roll, Tri-x pushed to 800. Can wait to develop it.

I owe a lot to this forum for helping me understand what fits my needs. (needs? ya, right. Wants is more like it)

Took a 50mm f/2 (non aph) and a zeiss 35 f/2 (can't afford the Leica 35mm just yet) and they seem to work for me.

A while ago I remember a post with a link that lead to the history of Leica Camera's. Does anyone have this please along with any other good resources.
Thanks
Tom

Thanks so much for peeking. Pinhole, that's what I had in mind also, I've heard great things about them. But I doubt that I'll even be able to afford them for at least another year after this pick up. I've not commited to the camera yet, I just have it for the week, but once I held it in my hands I knew I was a dead man.
What is that?
T

I just bought my first M6 a few weeks ago after using an M3 for a year. Something about it that just feels better then the M3. Perhaps it is not reaching into my bag periodically to check light levels that makes me happy.

Honestly, it may be the finest camera I've ever held in my hands. (I don't get out much) I can't put it into exact words but it just works so well for me. The Focusing is awesome and I really love the meter system whereas the arrows pave the way. Even a dim arrow can tell me if in case I want to over/under expose a 1/3 stop.

This will actually be my first camera that is a pleasure to take everyday with me. I really like the way I can pop a lens in my pocket with it's size and light weight. I don't even know where to begin counting the ways I love this body.

Now, I would of course use my MF for landscape work but I would really see sometimes where I would enjoy a very long shutter for this. I have all Singh-Ray filters and I'm wondering how I could use them on this??

My fav, the Vari-ND whereas I can dial in ND from 2 to 8 stops would prob. work as I can hold it right in front of the lens but since the lens glass front is so small I don't think a Soft Stop ND would make much of a difference unless you got it just right.... and with a RangeFinder viewer, pretty impossible.

Does anyone use filters on theirs? Since I shoot mostly Tri-x a Red filter might be nice.

I gave (Giving) up a lot for this camera. But if I have something I really enjoy and I'll use EVERY day, it is so worth it. I'm loving MF too with 120.

At the time, was asked to Jeanloup Sieff what he expected from the M6, he answered: "That remains as is."
Also, for your lab, take its complement: the Focomat V35.
What joy
PS sorry for my English
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When I started using my Leica M6 it just seemed so different in my hands, like a finally cut diamond, precise and well made. One of the great parts of the whole digital thing is that now I can afford Blads and Leicas, I can shoot the best camera's/lens ever made as their prices drop because people are going digi. Can't top that, enjoy your M6!

At the time, was asked to Jeanloup Sieff what he expected from the M6, he answered: "That remains as is."
Also, for your lab, take its complement: the Focomat V35.
What joy
PS sorry for my English
Jean-MarcWebsiteBlog

When I started using my Leica M6 it just seemed so different in my hands, like a finally cut diamond, precise and well made. One of the great parts of the whole digital thing is that now I can afford Blads and Leicas, I can shoot the best camera's/lens ever made as their prices drop because people are going digi. Can't top that, enjoy your M6!

You might check out the Leica Historical Society of America, LHSA.org. In addition to the historical aspects of Leica's, which can be fascinating, there is a large group of serious shooters many of whom are using film. There is a great new website in development, so please pardon the old one.

Tom, if you really want 12 exposure rolls you could bulk load your film. It is easy to do and cheaper too.

The Leica M is a great camera. The quality of construction is excellent, although I found the body to be unnecessarily large. Regardless, there's beauty in its simplicity, and operating it is effortless.

The Leica M is a great camera. The quality of construction is excellent, although I found the body to be unnecessarily large. Regardless, there's beauty in its simplicity, and operating it is effortless.

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Mike, this is the first time I've heard someone describe an M as being "unnecessarily large". What part of it's design do you think could be changed and still retain what an M is? What kind of camemra do you prefer in compariton to an M?

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